Senior QA Automation Engineer
Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
Location: Central London, hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
Type: Permanent
A leading insurance organisation is looking to recruit a Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET into a growing technology function.
This is a hands-on role focused on test automation, manual testing, Agile delivery & improving the quality of business critical software platforms. The successful candidate will work closely with developers, product owners, business analysts, delivery leads & offshore testing teams to ensure high quality releases across a modern product environment.
The client is looking for someone who has developed through a technical testing or SDET route & is still comfortable being hands on with automation scripts, test cases, defect management & delivery detail. This is not a purely strategic or management focused role.
Key responsibilities
- Design, build & execute manual & automated test cases across functional, integration & regression testing.
- Create, maintain & enhance automated test scripts using Selenium, Katalon or similar UI automation tools.
- Work within Agile Scrum teams across sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand ups, sprint reviews & retrospectives.
- Support shift left testing practices & help introduce automation earlier in the development lifecycle.
- Manage defects through to resolution, working closely with development teams to identify root cause & improve release quality.
- Support business users with acceptance testing where required.
- Work with DevOps & engineering teams to resolve environment, deployment, & pipeline related issues.
- Collaborate with offshore testing teams, providing guidance & support around day to day testing activity.
- Contribute to improvements in test coverage, automation coverage, regression packs & overall testing standards.
Key experience required
- Strong experience in software testing, covering both manual testing & test automation.
- Previous experience as a QA Automation Engineer, Senior QA Engineer, SDET, Automation Tester or Quality Engineer.
- Hands on automation experience with Selenium, Katalon or similar UI automation tools.
- Experience working in Agile Scrum delivery teams.
- Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines & DevOps aligned delivery.
- Experience with test management tools such as Azure Test Plans, Jira, Zephyr, Xray or similar.
- Strong defect management, test case design & regression testing experience.
- Ability to work closely with technical & non technical stakeholders.
Useful experience
- Insurance, financial services or regulated sector experience.
- Experience testing workflow, policy, claims, underwriting or business process driven applications.
- Experience working with offshore testing teams.
- Exposure to low code, rules based or enterprise workflow platforms.
- Relevant testing certifications would be beneficial but are not essential.
Profile
This role would suit a hands on Senior QA Automation Engineer or SDET who enjoys working closely with engineering teams & business users. The client needs someone who can contribute directly to testing & automation delivery, rather than someone focused only on strategy, governance or line management.
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